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haralanov wrote:

Now back to the topic. Most of the WE drivers are full of compromises but unfortunately no one speak about it. People just create hype about them, but they do not recognize what is wrong with their sound, and because of that the prices in ebay grow up every year in proportion with their popularity...

It is not they are full of compromises. They are fine what they were made for. Do not forget that in 30s the requirement in sound was very limited according to our today standards.  All those speakers, amplifiers and so on were made to serve very different level of demands and therefore they only in context of out today much higher level of requirement might be considered as compromised. For sure then have some own quality that in my view are practically not achievable by current production. However is very difficult to use this single positive quality.  The use of solutions from 30-40 as is very-very questionable in my view. My problem with people who do it not with their sound but with the fact that they do not understand the sound they are getting. A 5-6 years back I spoke with a guy from North Jersey who has a full WE system in his home. I sometimes drive from Boston to Philadelphia and I thought o stop by at his place to listen. However, talking with the guy and listening what and how he feel about audio I decided that my trip to his place will be a waste of my time and I did not go. I am interested in personal statements in audio not with piling up a mountain of cookie-cutter electronic, it does not matter to me would it be Krell, Western Electric, Lamm, Madrigal or Avalons. It is very simple to get a lot of money and buy some flashy gear. It is much more complicated to understand what is necessary to do with the gear in order to crate own sound. In my experience there are very limited amount of people out there who can work with vintage equipment creatively and with good success. Those few who do they do not drool about vintage paranoia but they more trust to themselves.

Anyhow, you right, no people who create hype understand or wiling to go into specifics. Why? Because then this incompetence and lightweightness become too visible.

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